Well this method isn’t as direct as withdrawing from the Paypal dashboard which by the way doesn’t work if you are in Nigeria. But it’s as simple as sending money to your mobile phone. Paypal payments are sent straight to your Dusupay account and one can withdraw them using a preferred local payment method such as Mobile Money.
Website owners can now use the various plugins like Dusupay WooCommerce gateway, and the API to accept payments from the millions of users who use Paypal. However if you are an individual, you don’t need to to set up an website to withdraw from paypal when you are in Nigeria or anywhere where Dusupay operates because you can this from the dashboard.
Dusupay will charge the ￡3.99 plus 3.4% of transaction amount per transaction for paypal withdraws and you won’t be charged to withdraw this money to your mobile money wallet since its automatically sent to your mobile money.
How to withdraw from Paypal in Nigeria and other African Countries
You need to sign up for a Dusupay account by visiting dusupay.com and signing up with your phone number. You will need to enter a verification code that is sent by SMS.
You then need to sign up for merchant account within dusupay and select the International plan. After signing up for a merchant account there two options to withdraw paypal fund.
- If you want to integrate the functionality within a website, application or mobile store. You can use the various plugins for different Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Open Cart, Drupal that are found on the Developer page of Dusupay. There is even an API for those that love getting their hands dirty in code.
- You can do this straight from the merchant dashboard.
To do this from the merchant dashboard, select the particular merchant account and you will see a Pay with Dusu button.
Enter an amount in your local currency you intend to withdraw and click pay with Dusupay button which opens a new window with payment options.
Select the paypal option and click the continue button. Here you will be asked to type in your name and email address into the payment screen and con clicking continue. You are redirected to Paypal screen which will enable you remit the money from paypal to your dusupay merchant account.
Alternatively you can go to the merchant dashboard and go to the payments section, here you can click “Add Payment URL”, add the amount, then you can visit the URL and checkout clear it using your Paypal. You can even use this feature to request for payments from some people.
You can now track the progress of your transaction on the payments screen of the Dusupay merchant dashboard.
What this development means?
There will be a simplified payment option for website and application owners online who won’t need to have separate wallets for different payment methods such as Paypal. One can just send a payment link and a payer can use Paypal to send money.
Simpler donate buttons have already been created for example; you can use the gateway to allow donations from Paypal, mobile money, direct debits, and VISA cards.
There is no longer a need for one to create a Paypal account in a country they don’t live in anymore just for the sake of receiving Paypal payments. This has often come with several frustrations such as increased bank costs in foreign banks and need to use software such as VPNs.
You can always try this Dusupay – paypal integration in your applications and websites if you want to withdraw paypal funds to mobile money wallets or bank accounts in Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and any other country supported by dusupay.